Species Menecles insertus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pair-of-shoes Stink Bug - anterior - Menecles insertus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Subfamily Pentatominae

Tribe Carpocorini

Genus Menecles

Species insertus (Menecles insertus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Menecles inserta (spelling)

Size

Circa 18 mm

Identification

A large, brown stink-bug. Compare Menecles (left) with the similar-colored Euschistus (right):

The edges of the pronotum of Menecles are rounded, those of Euschistus rather pointed.

See elf shoe markings on the anterior of the pronotum:

Range

Includes eastern United States. Noted from Minnesota, Illiniois, Massachusetts North Carolina, Massachussetts, Florida

See Also

Euschistus

Print References

Brimley, p. 63--Menecles inserta (1)

Genus/species not listed in Slater, How to Know the True Bugs (2).

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists just one species for that state, inserta, with 33 pinned.

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

2.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 2 June, 2005 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 15 April, 2009 - 3:10pm

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